Button and pin therefor



w. H. PHELPS.

BUTTON AND PIN THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, l9l8.

I l ,3 1 0,894; 7 Patented July 22, 1919.

THE COLUMBIA PLANUURAPH C0 WASHINGTON, n. C.

I ALTER, H. PHELPS, or NEWARK, nEwJERsEY.

- citizen ofthe United States, anda [of Newark, county of Essex, and Stateof ew Jersey, have invented-certain. new and usefulv Improvements in Buttons and Pins Therefor, of which the following is 'a speci- ,fication..

. display purposes To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, WALTER H.'PHnLPs, a resident This inventionrelates to buttons such as are adapted to be attached to garments for or to be used as badges or the like.

rTheinvention has for its object the provision of such a button, badge or the like, and

a pin therefor, which can be simply, cheaply and easily manufactured andassembled and which, when attached in garments, astowa coat lapelyWill be. securelylocked and held and will remain substantially permanently .In the accompanying drawing forming in place until intentionally removed.

part of this specification, Figure l isa face view of one iform of button embodying the present invention. Fig.2 is a rear view of the button shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view" on lines 3, 3, Figs. 1 and 2.

y Fig. 4 is atop view. Fig, 5 is a rear face viewrofthej pin, and Fig. 6 is a top view of the pin.

.1 The button portion be ofta ny con- 1 structionsolong as it has an inturned flange about the rear face, Buttons in accordance with, the invention. are usually circular in type of celluloid button which comprises outline, but may be ofother forms. In the drawingsl have illustrated the ordinary a metallio shell, preferably domed somewhat and indicated by reference numeral 10,

with a covering of flexible transparent material, such asoel'luloid, indicated by the numeral 11. This celluloid covering is made somewhat larger than the shell 1.0..and has .its edges turned inward thereover, and a V metallic ring 12.is inserted to hold the edges the metallicdiski10 or printed onpaper or of the celluloid covering 11 in place. The displaygmaybe printed either direotlyon the like interposed between the shell 10 and the celluloid covering 11, asis customary.

In the type Of buttomshown, theinwardly Specification of Letters Patent.

the button BUTTON AND Pm THEREFOR.

Patented J uly, 22, 1919.

Application filed. June 12, 1918. seria iio. 239,615.

projecting annular flange 13 formed on the annular ring 12, but as above stated, other forms of button may be used so long as they have an inturned flange on the rear face thereof, and that shown is for purposes of illustration only and not for limitation of the-invention. i

The pin isdesignated in general by reference numeral 14 and is inserted withinjthe flange 13, Itis preferably made of wire or similar material and comprises a principal portlon 15 of 7 generally partcircular form,

but being adapted, when uncompressed, to

sprlng outwardly'substantially as shown in F 1g. 5 in full lines, the dotted line 16illustrating the 7 position to which, it .is forced upon insertion within theflange 13. Such main portion 15. makes Q than half a circle as shown, so as to bring the pin portion proper,

up preferably more designated byreference numeral 17, across theback of the button, at a substantial distance from. the

center, forming the segment of'an arcwhich is "less than ,a semi-circle The portions 15 and 17 are joined in a smoothly rounded curved portion 18so that the pin portion +17 may be moved or turnedrelative to the portion 15 which remains substantially stationary, within the button flange without danger of breakage or of taking a per- As will be clear from Fig.7

manent set. 5, the pin portion 17, as formed, tends to spring with its point 19 away from the1portion 15, and it is so constructed in order to give it one of two tensions which are of im portance in the operation of the button.

Also it appears from Fig. 6 how the pin is bent sothat the point 19. tends to stand away rearwardly from the portion 15 and out of the plane thereof, which is done in order to give the-pin a second tension as will be further referred to.

In'Figs. 1 and 2 thepin isillustrated in the locked position which it occupies when is in place on a garment or the like, the point 19 of the pin being caught, held and locked under, the inturned flange 13.

.The position occupied by the pin portion 17 before being fastened or locked in place, is

indicated in dotted lines at 20,:Fig..2, and

less positively portion 17 normall to take up the'position indicated at 20. 0 place it on a garment,

after the pin has been passed through-the i material and out again, the portion 18* is forced inwardly to substantiallythe position '1 shown in dotted lines at 21, and suchpin is then permitted to expand, the point 19 having first beenthrust inwardly toward theface of the button, and the expansive actio-nfof the pin when released carries the point] 19 under the flange; 13, and it is obvious that the same will remainso held and locked unpushed in the direction indicated by the arrow'22 in Fig.2. Fig, 3 shows how the point 19 is held; the secthe two tensions on the spring firmly f aga nst the under side of-the flange '13, whereby the locking action-is made more 25" secure and effective. Thelocked position of the pin within the button is illustrated in Fig. '4: in full lines, and theposition normally' occupied by the pinbefore being inserted within the flange 13 ofthe button, is indicated in dotted lines in said figure and "is designated by reference numeral 23.

The'entire pin'member 14 may, of course,

be rotated Withinthe button so as to bring the pin portion 17 across the same: at or to- 35 ward substantially theltop thereof'as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and" 2, whereby the button may easily be placed in correct position so that printed matter orthe like thereon may be erect and easily-read. :1 r

V The pin portion'17 is'illustrate'd with an offset fat-the parts 24 and 25 thereof, and' I prefer to give's'uch pin portion- 17 more or less rearwardly directed oflset intermediate itsends as illustrated,ifor example, in Figs. 14: and'6. However, such rearward oifset is J not'entirely essential and may be dispensed with if desired, or'maybegreater or less than as illustrated.

It will be seen that buttons and pins therefor, embodying the present invention, may be simply and cheaply constructed, as the same may beentirely completed with ordiprovisions for adapting the pin'for use with the button. The assembly is simply" and easily made by merely contracting'the -pin button back as shown in'Fig. 2, thus; avoiding any scratching or marrlng of the button tjfacesor-the like which'might be caused'by. a freely projecting pin point, as, for example,

locking action.

vsubstantially an arc-less than a diameter,

makes it possible for the pin point 19 to be inserted .under the flange 13 in the manner shown and described, and by providing the two tensions which have been referredto, the pin portion 19 is firmly and securely held and 'locked in place, since one of the tensions pushes the pin toward the arc whose segment is formed by the pin portion 17 and f herefore firmly against :theinterior Ofthe fchanneledportionof the 1 button, and: the second tension acts to force the pinpoint '19 r firmly against the under side of" the inturned flanged margin 13, thereby assisting in the As the pin point normally projects from the back of the button ,('see flockedluntil purposely removed. V V

" I claim j pin receiving channel,qa pin member comprising portion adapted to be compressed "and held under said flange "and also "comprising a pin portion shorter than a .di

. ameter of the circular openingwithin the nge s d 11 p r having a rin tension toward the edge of the button and adapted to be received and held with its i. point in said channelfunder the inturned flange in position-to 'form'substantia'lly a chord of the circle. 2..As a new arti' ing channel, saidrpinlcomprising a substantially part-circular portion. for insertion "into; the channel under the button flange,

and a pointed fastening portion shorter than a; diameter of the circular opening "within p v 'the buttonflange'andadapted to form subnary dies Without any-specialor particular 'l dotted lines 23, Fig. 4), insertion of the pin point into textile material to which 'it is to i 1 ;Thecombinat1onof a button havingv an interiorly extending 00111111110118, c rcular "inturned rear flange thereon, and forming a v v I i V 7 le of manufacture, a pin for buttonsyhaving .a' cont nuous, circular stantiallyfa chord .of such circular opening,

be positioned to. bring its point-adj acent to the innerfside of said channel und'er said flange. f v p q gm 3. Abutton'having an inwardly-directed flange at the rear thereof and having" a-"pin member secured under said flange, said pin purpose of securing the button to or removmember having a resilient pin portion ing same from a garment.

slightly ofiset rearwardly from the plane In testimony that I claim the foregoing of said flange and adapted to be tensioned to I hereto set my hand this 11th day of June, '10 permit securing its end under said flange or 1918.

removing same therefrom at Will for the WALTER H. PHELPS.

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